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Back to School with Edutopiahttps://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/back-to-school-with-edutopia/
https://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/back-to-school-with-edutopia/#respondSun, 02 Sep 2012 16:58:30 +0000http://wsdpd.wordpress.com/?p=283[…]]]>Many of you may already be frequent visitors to Edutopia.org but for those of you who have never visited, it’s time to check it out!

As the new year is upon us, many people take this time to reflect upon the year that has just passed and how they might want to learn, change, and grow professionally and personally in the new year. To aid in your professional growth, I am pleased to announce and share with you a new group blog created by a few Wissahickon colleagues called “Education is My Life” (http://educationismylife.com). Be sure to click on over and check out the posts there, especially the new year’s ones entitled “New Year Resolutions (Teacher Edition)” and “My Wish List for Education in 2012”.

In the spirit of the new year, what are YOUR professional resolutions and goals for 2012? Share them here!

]]>https://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/professional-goals-for-2012/feed/0diannekrauseeducationismylifelobsterGlobal Collaboration Online “Course”https://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/global-collaboration-online-course/
https://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/global-collaboration-online-course/#respondMon, 19 Dec 2011 13:53:03 +0000http://wsdpd.wordpress.com/?p=264[…]]]>Check out this online course to learn more about global collaborations and how to go about getting your students involved. The blog post below was borrowed from http://macoun.edublogs.org/global-collaboration-course/

Global Collaboration Course

January 6 to 11

It has never been easier to connect classrooms around the world, and lots of teachers are doing it in different ways. In this course we will explore how you can turn a connection into a global learning experience for your students. We will look at ways to make this experience authentic and real, and discuss what it takes to collaborate with other classes in other countries. Ultimately our contention is that authentic global collaboration has less to do with the tools and more to do with approaches to teaching and learning.

As part of this course you will have a chance to examine the different global collaborative opportunities available to teachers, and explore the teacher skills, student skills and appropriate pedagogy needed to turn those connections into an authentic, collaborative learning experience. We will also review some of the tools that help classrooms connect effectively.

The course is in Moodle and runs from January 6th to 11th. If you haven’t participated in a Moodle Meet before here’s your chance! Except for the webinar the course is asynchronous. This means that you can pop in and out of the course at times that suit you best.

The course should offer something for everyone. For those new to Global Collaborative Projects there will be information on some of the most useful tools, a chance to explore different kinds of Global Collaborative Projects, and opportunities to have your questions answered by other educators. For those that have some experience with these kinds of projects we hope to provide a venue for further discussions about best practice and a chance to network with like minded educators.

To register go here. The course is free,but you will be prompted to set up an account with LearnNowBC. LearnNowBC is an entity funded by the BC Ministry of Education to provide professional development opportunities for educators.

Please pass this information along to other educators who may be interested. If you have any questions about the Moodle Meet please leave them in the comments area below or contact me via e-mail at phil.macoun at gmail dot com.

]]>https://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/global-collaboration-online-course/feed/0diannekrauseGlobe ImageInstructional Technology Collaboration Tuesdays Webinar Serieshttps://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/instructional-technology-collaboration-tuesdays-webinar-series/
https://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/instructional-technology-collaboration-tuesdays-webinar-series/#respondWed, 07 Dec 2011 14:13:39 +0000http://wsdpd.wordpress.com/?p=253[…]]]>Come join in on this great opportunity for collaboration, learning and professional growth, without having to go anywhere at all!

Dan Maguire, Kennett Consolidated School District Instructional Technology Coach and Debbie Lugar, Chester County I.U. Educational Technology Specialist are co-hosting virtual collaboration, via Elluminate webconferencing, for educators throughout Pennsylvania. The goal is to bring educators together to share ideas and experiences, ask and answer questions, and learn about new (and some not-so-new) instructional technologies and if/how they can be used to enhance classroom instruction.

These webinars are open to educators of all grade levels and subject areas–high school level educators will meet from 3:00-4:00 PM and elementary educators from 4:00-5:00 PM.

Tuesday collaboration webinars can be accessed at vclass.cciu.org. No prior registration is required. Participants are asked to login with their name and school district. (Example: Jane Doe, Kennett)

]]>https://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/mciu-spring-cpe-course-and-workshop-offerings/feed/0diannekrauseParent-Teacher Conferenceshttps://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/parent-teacher-conferences/
https://wsdpd.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/parent-teacher-conferences/#commentsFri, 18 Nov 2011 13:22:02 +0000http://wsdpd.wordpress.com/?p=248[…]]]>It’s that time of year again … time to meet the parents to discuss their son/daughter’s achievement in your class. Check out this blog post to read some advice on what works in conferences. Be sure to also check out the comments to the blog for even more advice. Then, return here and leave a comment with YOUR tips/tricks/best practices for Parent-Teacher conferences.

What do you do to ensure that your parent-teacher conferences go smoothly?

The 2011 Global Education Conference will be held November 14 – 18, online and free. Sessions will take place in multiple time zones and multiple languages over the five days. The 2010 Global Education Conference had 15,028 unique logins and presentations from 62 countries.

To attend and be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, click HERE and join the Ning.

The sessions schedule is now live and available in multiple time zones HERE.

The conference is a collaborative, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for building education-related connections around the globe while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity.

The conference seeks to present ideas, examples, and projects related to connecting educators and classrooms with a strong emphasis on promoting global awareness, fostering global competency, and inspiring action towards solving real–world problems. Through this event, it is our hope that attendees will challenge themselves and others to become more active citizens of the world. Let us learn, question, create, and engage in meaningful, authentic opportunities within a global context!

Our goal is to help you make connections with other educators and students, and for this reason the conference is very inclusive and also provides broad opportunities for participating and presenting. We have expert presenters and keynote speakers, but we also encourage presenters who either have not presented before or have not presented in Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate).

Thanks to Christine Rineer who sent me the video below, and Ellen Kosh who sent it to her.. This looks to be an awesome, easy-to-use and effective collaborative research tool. Not only can you build your collections (of websites, specific text on sites, photos, videos, anything) for your private use, but you can share them as well. On top of that, you can invite others to work on your collections with you. And there you have it, collaborative research!

In addition to finding and saving items into collections, there is the ability to add text to each entry, custom text fields in-between and among items, and also each item in the collection can be commented on, shared on social networking sites, etc.